Reynolds was a star football player in the 1950s at Florida State University, but his career was cut short by injuries before he could turn pro.

Actors Ralph Macchio and Kevin Smith also paid tribute to the star, remembering their childhoods watching him in "Smokey the Bandit". After that, from 1978 through 1982, Burt Reynolds was Hollywood's top-grossing star every single year.

Toward the end of the decade he received critical kudos for his performance as a self-deluded porno director in Paul Thomas Anderson'sBoogie Nights, which brought him an Oscar nomination for supporting actor.

Reynold's Hollywood career skyrocketed in the '70s for his breakout role as Lewis Medlock in 1972's "Deliverance".

While his popularity waned relatively, Reynolds continued to score movie and TV roles into the 1990s.

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A MI native, Reynolds was born in Lansing on February 11, 1936.

Born in MI in 1936, Reynolds played football for Florida State University before injuries ended his sports career and he moved into acting.

Afterwards, Reynolds had a brief stopover in NY where he appeared in several theatrical productions before moving out west to Hollywood.

He famously posed nude for a Cosmo magazine in 1972 on a bearskin rug, although he reportedly regretted the photo shoot years later, saying "It was really stupid". Once again, Reynolds played a suave former football star.

The star was best known for his roles in "Deliverance", "Boogie Nights" and "Smokey and the Bandit", and appeared in countless movies over his 60-year career. "I took the part that was the most fun - 'Oh, this will be fun.' I didn't take the part that would be the most challenging", told television interviewer Piers Morgan in 2012. Reynolds had also been in relationships with Dinah Shore, Inger Stevens, Chris Evert, Judy Carne, Loni Anderson, and mentioned dating Hawn and Farrah Fawcett in his memoir.

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She played in a custom-designed tutu by Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh and Nike in her match against Magda Linette . Health benefits aside, Williams said the outfit made her feel like a " Warrior Princess " on the court.

When the two first met, McCain had already been in the senate for nearly 20 years while Fitzgerald was an unknown rookie. At the service's end, McCain's coffin was borne out of the church to a recording of Frank Sinatra's " My Way ".

The singer's gold-plated open coffin was placed on display for hundreds of grief-stricken fans at the Charles H. Franklin was 76 when she passed away on August 16 at her residence in Detroit , following a prolonged illness.

It has been reported by several local news outlets that a sheriff's deputy was shot but no civilians were injured in the incident. The racetrack, at Del Mar Fairgrounds, is located about 21 miles north of downtown San Diego along the Pacific coast.

Gillum is the mayor of Tallahassee. "This investigation seems to have settled around an individual", said Gillum. Gillum's campaign said that in the past 21 days he has gained 200,000 additional followers on Twitter .

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